June 30, 2015, 9:59AM

STAFF PHOTO BY ELLIS LUCIA A shrimp boat heads up the Intracoastal Waterway towards the city of New Orleans and away from MRGO and the Paris Rd. bridge. The City of New Orleans and the Sewerage and Water Board are considering a plan to empty effluents into the Bayou Bienvenue marsh area to stimulate the growth of vegetation. Wednesday, October...

June 30, 2015, 9:59AM

Cat island, which stretched for almost a quarter mile across lower Barataria Bay just two years ago is down to a sliver of sheelsand grass 100 yards long. Sunday, April 27, 200 (Photo by Bob Marshall, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)

June 29, 2015, 5:44PM

His highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar is welcomed by Dr. Norman Francis, President of Xavier University, and other dignitaries as the Sheikh tours the site of a new pharmacy school building funded by the Qatar Katrina Fund, a $100 million donation for hurricane recovery. $17.5 of that money went to Xavier -- $5...

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

A construction boom in 2007 created a city where just 10 years ago there was nothing but a village in the wilderness. Just 10 years ago, from Gurgaon, you "couldn't make a call 50 miles away from here," said businessman. Now, Gurgaon is a center of offshore outsourcing business and a youthful labor pool.(Photo by Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The...

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

A construction boom in 2007 created a city where just 10 years ago there was nothing but a village in the wilderness. Just 10 years ago, from Gurgaon, you "couldn't make a call 50 miles away from here," said businessman. Now, Gurgaon is a center of offshore outsourcing business and a youthful labor pool.(Photo by Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The...

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

A bather washes in the Ganges River as the rising sun breaks the horizon and burns through the fog. In a pilgrimage ritual steeped in holiness and mythology, all ages come here to bathe and the aged and frail come to die. Many believe that expiring in Varanasi leads to moksha, an enlightened state released from the cycle of reincarnation....

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

A bather washes in the Ganges River as the rising sun breaks the horizon and burns through the fog. In a pilgrimage ritual steeped in holiness and mythology, all ages come here to bathe and the aged and frail come to die. Many believe that expiring in Varanasi leads to moksha, an enlightened state released from the cycle of reincarnation....

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

Bathers flock to Varanasi in the early morning light at the Dasaswamedh Ghat, some arriving from across the river by boat paddled by oarsmen, to bathe their sins away in the Ganges River. (Photo by Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

Hundreds of floating cardboard bowls, each lit with a candle and stuffed with roses, jasmine and marigolds, form an iridescent flotilla among the reflected lights and boats on the Ganges at Varanasi. (Photo by Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

A Hindu faithful carefully places a floating luminary into the Ganges. The small cardboard bowls, sold by children along the banks, are each lit with a candle and stuffed with roses, jasmine and marigolds, typically to remember a deceased loved one. (Photo by Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

A Hindu faithful carefully places a floating luminary into the Ganges. The small cardboard bowls, sold by children along the banks, are each lit with a candle and stuffed with roses, jasmine and marigolds, typically to remember a deceased loved one. (Photo by Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

A boatman rows his wooden boat closer to the flamboyantly choreographed puja ritual at the Dasaswamedh Ghat on the Ganges River where Hindu priests perform the colorful ritual with flaming bowls, peacock feathers and brooms. (Photo by Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

After a death is certified by the police, mourners carry the body on bamboo stretchers to the river for a final bath. Anointed with incense and an Indian butter, the body is ready for the funeral pyre. A cremation supervisor, or dom, sprinkles spices on the corps as it is prepared to be lit from the "eternal flame," a humble...

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

One of nine children of a grocery clerk, growing up in the tiny village of Khanpur, India, Amar Jindal often minded the store, much like this one. for his father according to some family members. (Photo by Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)

June 24, 2015, 11:41AM

School children follow the lead of their teacher Manprwet Kaur during classes at the Government Primary School of Khampur. Amar Jindal, father of Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, grew up in the tiny Indian village, impressing his family and friends with his studies and hard work at school. He was the only one of 9 siblings to reach college.(Photo by Ted...

June 23, 2015, 4:05PM

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announces that the National Guard will remain in New Orleans beyond the summer during a press conference at Police Headquarters. Immediately to Jindal's right is National Guard Adjutant General Major General Bennett Landreneau, with Mayor Ray Nagin behind. June 18, 2008. (Photo by Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)

June 23, 2015, 4:05PM

Mexican President Felipe Calderon addresses a press conference at the opening of the Mexico consulate in New Orleans with Mayor Ray Nagin, Governor Bobby Jindal and President George Bush looking on. The leaders are in town for the North American Leaders' Summit with and Canadian Primer Minister Stephen Harper. Monday April 21, 2008 (Photo by Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The...

June 23, 2015, 4:05PM

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal toured the state to look at damage caused by Hurricane Gustav. He is walking through Grand Isle with the Superintendant of the Louisiana State Police Mike Edmonson, left, and State Adj. General of the National Guard Bennett Landreneau Sept. 2, 2008. (Photo by Kathy Anderson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)